Archive for July, 2014

Three Stories About WaterJuly 31
Guests: Ian James, Matt Helms, & Vicki Blazer A look at water-related stories around the country. First, we’re joined by IAN JAMES, environmental reporter for the Desert Sun, about a Nestle plant on an Indian reservation in California […]

John Dean: The Nixon DefenseJuly 31
Guest: John Dean Next week marks the 40th anniversary of Richard Nixon’s resignation from office following the Watergate scandal. In recent years, thousands of hours of Nixon’s recorded conversations from the Oval Office have become available to the […]

Sexual assault cases on college campusesJuly 30
Guests: Alison Kiss and Brett Sokolow A recent report released by Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill paints a troubling picture of sexual assault on college campuses. In a survey of 440 schools, more than 40% have not conducted a […]

Brando SkyhorseJuly 29
Guest: Brando Skyhorse Acclaimed author Brando Skyhorse’s new memoir, Take This Man, chronicles his tumultuous childhood in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Echo Park. Through the untruths of his eccentric mother, Skyhorse was led to believe that he […]

Corbett’s pension plea/ ACA updateJuly 28
Guests: Marc Levy, Mary Agnes Carey First, with Governor Corbett touring the state last week in an attempt to emphasize what he calls Pennsylvania’s “pension crisis,” we talk with MARC LEVY, Harrisburg reporter for the Associated Press, about […]

Parenting rights, child supervision and the lawJuly 28
Guests: Dorothy Roberts, Marie Myung-Ok Lee, Mark Zonfrillo A New Jersey woman was arrested for leaving her toddler in the car while she bought party supplies. The New Jersey Supreme Court has decided to hear her appeal to […]

The DivideJuly 25
Guests: Richard LaGravenese, Marissa Bluestine In the new WeTV drama The Divide, creators Richard LaGravenese and Tony Goldwyn explore issues relating to justice, class and racial tension. The show was filmed in Philadelphia, which serves as an appropriate […]

Are open primaries the answer to political polarization?July 25
Guests: John Mark Hansen, Tim Potts, David McCuan Senate Democrat, Chuck Schumer of New York recently wrote an op-ed for the New York Times in which he proposed an open primary system, in which party affiliation is not […]

News, politics and stressJuly 24
Hour 1 Guests: Scott Hensley, Frank Farley and Geri Weis-Corbley Does the news about all that’s wrong in the world stress you out? If so, you’re not alone according to a national survey conducted by NPR, the Robert […]

Millennial representation in city politicsJuly 23
Guests: Nick Marzano, Anton Moore, J. Maureen Henderson Four out of ten residents of Center City are between the ages of 18 and 34, yet this age group is not represented in the Philadelphia city council. While the […]

Congress approaches summer breakJuly 22
Hour 1 Guests: Robert Costa, Jay Newton-Small President Obama has called the 113th Congress the least productive in modern history. With its summer recess and the midterm elections around the corner, there is little time left for passing […]

Song of the summerJuly 22
Each year, music critics and fans alike unofficially christen one Top 40 single “The Song of the Summer.” Typically dance-oriented and hook-heavy, these songs get stuck in our heads and, for better or worse, stay there. Many find […]

The shooting down of MH17 and its global impactJuly 21
Guests: Corey Flintoff, William Burke-White, Matthew Rojansky The shooting down of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 over rebel-held eastern Ukraine has caused diplomatic turmoil. A surface-to-air missile hit the Boeing 777 passenger plane last Thursday, causing it to crash, […]

The New Yorker’s cartoon editor, Bob MankoffJuly 21
Hour 2 Guest: Bob Mankoff [From the Radio Times archive] For some readers, The New Yorker cartoons don’t always elicit a “laugh-out-loud” response. But our guest, BOB MANKOFF, has likely made your sides split as more than 14,000 […]

Progress on HIV/AIDSJuly 18
Hour 1 Guests: Gary Bell, Ian Frank and Jose DeMarco The Mississippi child who researchers thought was cured of HIV tested positive last week. This was a major disappointment for the family and researchers who had hoped new […]

Blowing the whistle on the VAJuly 18
Guests: Kristen Ruell and David Wood The Philadelphia Veteran’s Affairs regional office which handles the benefits of veterans in eastern PA, South Jersey and Delaware has been investigated by the VA Office of the Inspector General for mishandling […]

A conversation with PFT president Jerry JordanJuly 17
Guest: Jerry Jordan Throughout this past school year, Philadelphia teachers have been coping with the effects of a budget crisis that has resulted in more children in their classrooms, fewer, and in some cases, no counselors and nurses […]

A conversation on millennialsJuly 17
Guests: David Burstein, Juliana Reyes, and Emaleigh Doley Millennials get a bad rap these days – lazy, entitled, self-centered – you name it. While young people face stark challenges such as unemployment and debt, many are civically engaged, […]

Hunger in the suburbsJuly 16
Perhaps the most devastating aspect of living in poverty is being “food insecure,” a term devised by the government to describe those who are not always certain that they will have access to food. 15 percent of Americans […]

The State of Public Schools in CamdenJuly 16
Guests: Paymon Rouhanifard and Nyeema Watson Over the past year, the Camden City School District has gone through several changes. It has a new superintendent, it was taken over by the state, and it has laid off 272 […]

The latest round of Israeli -Palestinian violenceJuly 15
Guests: Khaled Elgindy and Daniel Kurtzer As the latest round of deadly violence between Israel and Hamas forces in Gaza continues, we’ll talk about the roots of this current exchange of military strikes, the internal and geopolitical politics […]

What’s for breakfast?July 15
Hour 2 Guests: Eric Rimm, Matthew Hudak, Abigail Carroll Sales of breakfast cereal have fallen in recent years. Americans are choosing yogurt or breakfast bars instead of a bowl of cereal for their morning meal. Why is the […]

The Philadelphia cigarette tax; the Pennsylvania budgetJuly 14
Guests: Kevin McCorry, Sharon Ward, Katrina Anderson Just one vote held up the proposed cigarette tax in Pennsylvania’s General Assembly last week. The $2-per-pack tax would have helped fund Philadelphia’s struggling public schools and now it’s uncertain if […]

What’s up with the Phillies?July 14
It’s been a season of ups and downs for the Phillies. The bats have been quiet and the pitching is inconsistent. With the trade deadline looming, who stays and who goes is the big question. In this hour […]

Atlantic City’s casino industryJuly 11
Guests: Bill Ordine, Liza Cartmell and Barbara Dafoe Whitehead Slumping gambling revenues, bankruptcies, and increased competition from nearby locales have led to real concerns about the future of Atlantic City’s gaming industry. This is the fourth year into […]

NFL retired players settlementJuly 10
Guests: Jeremy Roebuck, Sol Weiss, Bruce Laird This week, a federal judge approved a preliminary settlement in the ongoing litigations between the National Football League and a consortium of 4,500 former football players who claim that the league […]

The risks of being a cool kidJuly 10
Guests: Bradford Brown, Mitchell Prinstein We’ve all seen it at our high school reunion – ten or twenty years out, the once popular kids often are often not doing so well in life. A study published last month […]

Immigration politics and policy updateJuly 9
Guests: Wayne Slater, Alan Gomez and Fawn Johnson President Obama originally intended to just fund raise in Dallas and Austin for the next two days, but after a week of negotiating, he will be meeting with Republican governor […]

Taxi cabs and the new rideshare startupsJuly 8
Guests: Emily Badger, Dennis Weldon, Ronald Blount Have you ever used Uber, car service app, to get around town? Uber is just one of a handful of new ride-share companies that have been moving into large cities and […]

Kenneth Vogel’s “Big Money”July 8
Guest: Kenneth Vogel In his new book Big Money: 2.5 Billion Dollars, One Suspicious Vehicle, and a Pimp—on the Trail of the Ultra-Rich Hijacking American Politics, reporter KENNETH VOGEL examines the ways in which wealthy campaign donors and […]

Heroin Use in Pennsylvania and New JerseyJuly 7
Guests: Roseanne Scotti and Noni West Heroin use in New Jersey and Pennsylvania is on the rise. One consequence of this is a spike in overdose deaths in both states that has led a regional epidemic. While New […]

Why play matters for kids and adultsJuly 7
Guest: Stuart Brown Play isn’t just for kids. Researcher and psychiatrist STUART BROWN has spent decades studying play and has found that play is just as important for adults. He argues, in fact, that play is an essential […]

Clay Risen on the Civil Rights Act of 1964July 4
Hour 1 Guest: Clay Risen [From the Radio Times Archive] This year marks the 50th anniversary of the passage of the landmark Civil Rights Act. In his new book, The Bill of the Century, journalist CLAY RISEN tells […]

Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A RevolutionJuly 4
Hour Two Guest: Nathaniel Philbrick [From the Radio Times Archive] Was the order, “Don’t fire ‘till you see the whites of their eyes” really shouted at rebels near Boston’s Breed’s Hill? How was Boston the ‘cradle of liberty’ […]

Iraq and the Islamic insurgencyJuly 3
Guests: Shadi Hamid, Trudy Rubin Violence and chaos continues to spread in Iraq. The Islamic militant group ISIS declared the creation of an Islamic caliphate, or state, spanning parts of Syria and Iraq. Meanwhile Sunni and Kurdish lawmakers […]

Learning to take feedbackJuly 3
Guest: Sheila Heen Do you get an annual performance review at work when you sit down with your boss to discuss what you’ve done well and the areas you need to improve? Feedback can be hard to take […]

Supreme Court Hobby Lobby rulingJuly 2
Guests: Tobias Wolff, Sarah Barringer Gordon, David Cohen The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on Monday that privately held companies can be exempt because of religious reasons from a federal mandate requiring employers to pay for employees’ contraception. […]

Saving the SS United StatesJuly 2
Guests: Susan Gibbs, Steven Ujifusa The SS United States has sat decaying on Philadelphia’s Delaware River Waterfront for nearly 20 years. A staggering engineering achievement, on her 1952 maiden voyage, she broke the record for the fastest transatlantic […]

The economic impact of climate changeJuly 1
Guests: Robert Kopp, Kate Gordon A bipartisan group of business leaders, economists, scientists, and former government officials is warning of the enormous costs that climate change will have on the U.S. economy. The Risky Business coalition, which includes […]

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